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Free online Life Cycle Costing tool
Our online Life Cycle Costing tool (the 'LCC') is free for all housing and construction professional advisors as well as Housing Association officers.
Originally developed with the Housing Corporation and launched in November 2008, the LCC simplifies and streamlines applications for Homes and Communities Agency funding. It is a fast, accurate and automated online tool that replaces complex time consuming manual and spreadsheet-based processes.
This application meets the HCA requirements for providing robust life cycle cost assessments for the 08-11 funding programme. Read more...
LCC models - new builds The basic (default) model - provides a quick estimate of life cycle costs using minimal information from you about numbers of houses or flats, capital costs and dwelling area. The complex (component) model - involves all components and can be generated for different house types. You can then modify the model by selecting different components and editing capital costs and quantities.
LCC models - refurbishments The online tool does not currently cater for refurbishments, however, we can carry out full modelling exercises, using our unique component durability database and applying the same BSI-compliant life cycle costing methodology, both to assist in the specification, maintenance planning and decision process for investments in refurbishment, and also to assess the durability and maintenance characteristics of any retained structures.
For more information or to discuss your requirements please contact us on 020 7204 2424 or info@blpinsurance.com.
NEW: Life cycle cost and energy modelling - the BLP "Butterfly" BLP is engaged in a project aimed at helping the construction market to determine best value and optimise design, while also taking into account energy evaluations, carbon emissions and lifetime costs.
The project will substantially extend the successful BLP LCC on-line toolkit, so that embodied and operational energy costs, CO2 emissions, and the code for sustainable homes can be considered alongside the capital and operational costs for new and existing buildings. The new toolkit – currently named “Butterfly” – will be pre-loaded with default building models and an extensive library of building elements, assemblies and energy data to enable users to model specific buildings. The plan is that it will be able to help answer questions such as:
The project partners include UCL Energy Institute, University of Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Development and Willmott Dixon Housing. For further information on "Butterfly" please contact peter.mayer@blpinsurance.com
Related articles
Lifecyle costing tool helps housing associations apply for funding - Building Magazine
Calculating housing lifecycle costs - Building Magazine
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